Isaac and Abraham

Abraham is commanded by God to kill his son, Isaac. Abraham is saddened by the request but decides he is ready to make the ultimate sacrifice, allow his beloved son to die to be in better faith with the lord. However God tells Abraham at the last second that it was all a test and he didn't actually want to make him kill his son to please him. Abraham has a good laugh over this little joke that became an instant classic among all-time pranks. Isaac is then replaced with some worthless lamb and the family returns down the mountain. As a reward for wanting to murder his son Abraham is promised he will have as many descendants as the stars, which I think Abraham and Isaac were equally excited about just for completely different reasons. A true sacrifice is when you give up something that will make you happy or your life easy in order to make another persons life happier or a little easier.